Zawiya Trust Limited
Charity 1090548
Overview
Summary
Zawiya Trust Limited appears to be a Birmingham-based, faith-rooted community organisation whose role extends beyond religious education into practical participation in local life. Its stated model combines learning, youth activity, cultural and interfaith engagement, community facilities and support for employment and enterprise. The available evidence suggests it may function as a bridge between Islamic faith, local civic participation and economic opportunity, with particular attention to young people and women. Its breadth is distinctive, though the scale and depth of each strand remain unclear.
Operational geography
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Small Heath
Confidence: low
The Charity Commission gives the trust's contact address in Small Heath. Its current register entry also states that it provides buildings/facilities and that it owns and/or leases land or property. Companies House records show a recent registered-office move within Small Heath. However, contact and registered-office addresses do not by themselves evidence operational activity, and neither source explicitly confirms where current service delivery takes place.
- Charity Commission Register of Charities: Zawiya Trust Limited, contact information
Lists the charity's contact address in Small Heath. - Charity Commission Register of Charities: Zawiya Trust Limited, full charity record
States that the charity provides buildings/facilities, provides services and owns and/or leases land or property. - Companies House: Zawiya Trust Limited filing history
Records that the registered office changed on 7 October 2023 within Small Heath; Companies House officer records also use an address in Small Heath for some directors.
Remaining uncertainties
- The Charity Commission's current self-reported 'Where the charity operates' field is Birmingham City, supporting a citywide overall footprint, but it does not identify the locations, frequency or scale of individual programmes.
- The current activity description refers to 'The Amina Trust', the organisation's former name. It evidences the types of activity reported to the regulator, but does not show where those activities are now delivered.
- No accessible current official website content, annual report narrative, programme timetable or partner material was available to confirm additional delivery venues, neighbourhoods or material partnerships.
- The available address evidence does not conclusively establish whether the organisation operates facilities or delivers services in Small Heath.
Additional evidence needed
- A current programme timetable, annual report or impact report identifying delivery venues and the areas served.
- Current official website or social-media pages confirming the location of education, youth, cultural, interfaith and enterprise activities.
- Official partner or venue records identifying any jointly delivered services or regular off-site activity.
- Confirmation from the organisation of its operational facilities and whether services are delivered beyond them.
Areas of work
- Amateur Sport
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Economic/community Development/employment
- Education/training
- Religious Activities
Who they help
- Children/young People
- The General Public/mankind
How they help
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- Provides Services
Discoveries involving this organisation
The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.
Observations
Faith appears to be a platform for wider civic participation
The organisation appears to use Islamic education and religious activity as part of a broader civic mission, rather than operating solely as a place of worship or faith instruction.
Why it matters
This helps explain why cultural, interfaith, youth, recreation and employment-related activity sit alongside religious objects. It may be an important connector between faith communities and Birmingham’s wider voluntary and public-sector networks.
Show evidence
“The charity's objects include advancing the Islamic faith and education in its principles.”
Source:Charity Commission“The Trust runs community education programmes, youth activities, and cultural and interfaith activities.”
Source:Organisation“The charity promotes the benefit of Birmingham inhabitants by associating local people, local authorities, voluntary and other organisations.”
Source:Charity Commission
The organisation may be building routes from participation to economic agency
Its employment object and focus on encouraging women into enterprise suggest an interest in moving beyond advice or education toward greater economic participation, particularly for people who may face barriers to it.
Why it matters
This may make the Trust a potential complement to employment providers, enterprise agencies and women’s support organisations, especially where culturally grounded engagement improves access.
Show evidence
“The charity has an object to relieve unemployment, including assistance to find employment.”
Source:Charity Commission“The Trust is seeking to encourage local people, particularly women, to become involved in enterprise.”
Source:Organisation“Economic and community development/employment is listed among the charity's activities.”
Source:Charity Commission
Young people are a stated priority within an intergenerational offer
Although the charity serves children, young people and the general public, its objects place particular emphasis on young people while its education programmes include adults and children. This suggests an intergenerational model with youth development as a focal point.
Why it matters
Understanding this balance is useful when considering potential partnerships: the organisation may reach families and community networks, not only individual young participants.
Show evidence
“The charity's objects identify young persons in particular among Birmingham inhabitants.”
Source:Charity Commission“The Trust runs community education programmes for adults and children together with youth activities.”
Source:Organisation“The charity helps children/young people and the general public.”
Source:Charity Commission
- Whether the organisation directly delivers employment and enterprise support or mainly encourages referral and participation.
- Which Birmingham neighbourhoods and communities it reaches, and whether women, young people or other groups experience differentiated access or outcomes.
- The practical role of its buildings or facilities in delivering programmes and hosting partner organisations.
Remaining uncertainties
- Recent annual reports or programme information showing participant numbers, locations, outcomes and changes over time.
- Details of delivery partners, referral relationships, facility use and any employment, enterprise or interfaith initiatives.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
The Amina Trust runs a range of community education programmes for adults and children together with a number of youth activities. The Trust is also seeking to encourage local people, particularly women, to become involved in enterprise. There are also a range of cultural and interfaith activities.
Charity objects
1) TO ADVANCE THE ISLAMIC FAITH AND THE ADVANCE OF EDUCATION IN THE PRINCIPLES OF THE ISLAMIC FAITH AND ALL THINGS RELATING THERETO; 2) THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN SUCH WAYS AS MAY BE THOUGHT FIT, INCLUDING ASSISTANCE TO FIND EMPLOYMENT; 3) TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF BIRMINGHAM, IN PARTICULAR YOUNG PERSONS, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID INHABITANTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION, AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS. 4) SUCH OTHER MEANS AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED BY THE TRUSTEES SUBJECT TO THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE CHARITY COMMISSIONERS FOR ENGLAND AND WALESS